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When your team is out of playoff contention (meaning the playoffs are underway, and your team is eliminated or didn't qualify), do you root for or against your division rivals? I have always had more hatred for the Cowboys and the Falcons than I have for say the Cardinals. More than that, I take the term "representing the NFC west" in its literal meaning. I feel that anything that gets some recognition for a team not in NY, Dallas, etc is a good thing. I rooted for the Hawks (my most hated division rival) against the Steelers as well as the Cards against the Steelers a few years later.

I equate it to my own experience in sports. I tried out for the olympics some years back, but ended up the alternate (never made the team). Even though the guys who I competed with to make the tournament beat me, I still rooted for them to do well so as to make my status as their runner up feel like less of a failure. Also I guess if they won, I knew for sure I wouldn't have been able to do better myself.

I suppose I am just curious how the fans of the NFC West feel about this question. Fire away._________________

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I'd rather have young Wagner and Wright going forward than Willis and Bowman.

When your team is out of playoff contention (meaning the playoffs are underway, and your team is eliminated or didn't qualify), do you root for or against your division rivals? I have always had more hatred for the Cowboys and the Falcons than I have for say the Cardinals. More than that, I take the term "representing the NFC west" in its literal meaning. I feel that anything that gets some recognition for a team not in NY, Dallas, etc is a good thing. I rooted for the Hawks (my most hated division rival) against the Steelers as well as the Cards against the Steelers a few years later.

I equate it to my own experience in sports. I tried out for the olympics some years back, but ended up the alternate (never made the team). Even though the guys who I competed with to make the tournament beat me, I still rooted for them to do well so as to make my status as their runner up feel like less of a failure. Also I guess if they won, I knew for sure I wouldn't have been able to do better myself.

I suppose I am just curious how the fans of the NFC West feel about this question. Fire away.

Olympics is different though I would think, not rooting for them means not cheering for other Americans. I just never root for the Seahawks or 49ers, just hate the teams. I don't hate particular players or anything on the teams though. I hate Pete Carroll which is my only exception though.

Not in response to anything said here, but in the AZ forum people mentioned they want Boldin to get a ring so they are rooting for the Ravens.

Just to be clear, this was not about the upcoming SB. Lets rephrase. If you hypothetically had no pre-existing rooting interest for a player on either side how would you side? In a bubble, for the NFC West or against your teams division rival? That was the question I was curious about._________________

MAC DRE wrote:

I'd rather have young Wagner and Wright going forward than Willis and Bowman.

Not in response to anything said here, but in the AZ forum people mentioned they want Boldin to get a ring so they are rooting for the Ravens.

Just to be clear, this was not about the upcoming SB. Lets rephrase. If you hypothetically had no pre-existing rooting interest for a player on either side how would you side? In a bubble, for the NFC West or against your teams division rival? That was the question I was curious about.

I root against them. 9ers and hawks are our most heated rivals and I can't see an scenerio in which I would hope they win. Strangely, as I can easily root for PAC12 teams, even if they are not USC, to see the PAC12 do good, but its something different in the NFL for me at least._________________Welcome to the LA Rams
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I root against them. 9ers and hawks are our most heated rivals and I can't see an scenerio in which I would hope they win. Strangely, as I can easily root for PAC12 teams, even if they are not USC, to see the PAC12 do good, but its something different in the NFL for me at least.

Nice, I am a SC fan too. I see that a lot actually especially with college. Unless it is a big rival (USC/UCLA, Cal/Stanford, Texas/OU, etc.) most people root for the conference in college, but it goes out the window in pro sports sometimes. Just a curious thing._________________

MAC DRE wrote:

I'd rather have young Wagner and Wright going forward than Willis and Bowman.

I root against them. 9ers and hawks are our most heated rivals and I can't see an scenerio in which I would hope they win. Strangely, as I can easily root for PAC12 teams, even if they are not USC, to see the PAC12 do good, but its something different in the NFL for me at least.

Nice, I am a SC fan too. I see that a lot actually especially with college. Unless it is a big rival (USC/UCLA, Cal/Stanford, Texas/OU, etc.) most people root for the conference in college, but it goes out the window in pro sports sometimes. Just a curious thing.

Only when a member of our division plays the Patriots is the only time I root for 49ers, Seahawks, and Cardinals, but that is because they are cheaters.

I root against them. 9ers and hawks are our most heated rivals and I can't see an scenerio in which I would hope they win. Strangely, as I can easily root for PAC12 teams, even if they are not USC, to see the PAC12 do good, but its something different in the NFL for me at least.

Nice, I am a SC fan too. I see that a lot actually especially with college. Unless it is a big rival (USC/UCLA, Cal/Stanford, Texas/OU, etc.) most people root for the conference in college, but it goes out the window in pro sports sometimes. Just a curious thing.

Only when a member of our division plays the Patriots is the only time I root for 49ers, Seahawks, and Cardinals, but that is because they are cheaters.

I have this approach as well. The chickens are cheaters too and I hate them so passionately that I root for a tie.